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FXUS10 KWNH 221943  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
343 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2019  
 
VALID AUG 22/1200 UTC THRU AUG 26/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z FINAL MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND FORECAST  
CONFIDENCE  
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..OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS  
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
EXCEPTIONS: ECMWF/UKMET BLEND FROM FL TO OFF CAROLINAS DAYS 2/3  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
   
..19Z UPDATE  
 
12Z GUIDANCE IS ALL SIMILAR IN THE PRECIP ARC DOWN THE NORTHERN  
AND CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND UP THE SOUTHERN  
MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND A GENERAL MODEL BLEND REMAINS THE  
RECOMMENDATION. THE 12Z ECMWF AND UKMET REMAIN THE MOST DEVELOPED  
WITH THE TROUGH MOVING FROM SOUTH FL TO OFF THE CAROLINA COAST  
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND REMAIN THE PREFERENCE THERE.  
 
THE 12Z CONSENSUS ON TS IVO IS CLOSEST TO THE 12Z GFS BY 26/00Z  
WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE 15Z NHC TRACK.  
   
..PREVIOUS DISCUSSION  
 
OVERALL VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON PROGRESSION OF THE SYNOPTIC FLOW  
PATTERN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THROUGH SUNDAY INCLUDING THE TROUGH  
SPREADING EAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CONUS  
AND TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS, THE PROGRESSION OF THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE  
FROM THE GREAT PLAINS TO EASTERN CANADA, AND LOW/TROUGH  
PROGRESSION OVER EASTERN CANADA AND LINGERING TROUGH OVER THE  
NORTHEAST CONUS. OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT ON PLACEMENT IN THE QPF  
ARC THAT IS MERIDIONAL UP THE GREAT PLAINS THEN AROUND THE  
SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC THAT WHOLLY SHIFTS EAST  
FROM DAY 2 TO 3.  
 
THREE TROPICAL CONCERNS ALSO ARE IN PLAY OVER SOUTHERN FL, THE  
WEST-CENTRAL GULF COAST, AND TS IVO IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. WILL  
CONTINUE TO PREFER THE ECMWF/UKMET WHICH REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT  
FOR SURFACE LOW DEVELOP OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FL  
PENINSULA WITH THE HIGHEST QPF OFF THE SOUTHEAST FL COAST ON DAY 2  
AND NEAR THE EASTERN NC COAST ON DAY 3. A LINGERING TROPICALLY  
SOURCED TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BRINGS LOCALLY  
HEAVY RAINS TO THE COAST OF FAR EASTERN TX/SOUTHERN LA FOR BOTH  
DAYS 2/3. AND IN THE PACIFIC THE 15Z NHC FORECAST FOR TS IVO IS  
CLOSEST TO THE GFS TRACK.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
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